F Double harmonicScale

Formula

H 1½ H W H 1½ H 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7
The family

F Double harmonic on the chromatic circle

F Double harmonic is one of the exotic scales. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.

H 1½ H W H 1½ H 1 FI Double harmonic ♭2 G♭II 3 AIII 4 B♭IV Hungarian minor 5 CV ♭6 D♭VI 7 EVII F Double harmonic
The whole neck

F Double harmonic across the fretboard

Every note of the scale up to the 16th fret, named by its degree. The root is a ring. Step through the five CAGED positions one at a time in the scale library.

3 5 7 9 12 15 7 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7 1 ♭2 3 4 5 7 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7 1 3 4 5 ♭6 7 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7 1 ♭2
Harmony

Chords in F Double harmonic

Stack every other note of the scale from each degree and you get its chords. Open any of them in the chord library.

DegreeChordNotes
IFmaj7F A C E
♭IIG♭maj7G♭ B♭ D♭ F
iiiAm (𝄫7)A C E G♭
ivB♭m(maj7)B♭ D♭ F A
VC7♭5C E G♭ B♭
♭VI+D♭maj7♯5D♭ F A C
VII E (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) E G♭ B♭ D♭
Context

Where F Double harmonic fits

The Byzantine or Arabic sound: Middle-Eastern music and exotic metal, over a major chord with a ♭2.

Move one note by a half step and you get a different scale:

Double harmonic scale in every key

F Double harmonic scale questions

What notes are in the F Double harmonic scale?

F G♭ A B♭ C D♭ E. As degrees from the root: 1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7.

What is the F Double harmonic scale formula?

1 ♭2 3 4 5 ♭6 7, or in steps between the notes, H 1½ H W H 1½ H (W is a whole step of two frets, H a half step of one fret, 1½ three frets).

How do you play the F Double harmonic scale on guitar?

This page draws every note of F Double harmonic up to the 16th fret, each named by its degree with the root as a ring. To learn it a few frets at a time, open it in the scale library and step through its five CAGED positions, from the E shape to the D shape to the C shape to the A shape to the G shape.

What chords are in the F Double harmonic scale?

Fmaj7 (I), G♭maj7 (♭II), Am (𝄫7) (iii), B♭m(maj7) (iv), C7♭5 (V), D♭maj7♯5 (♭VI+), E (𝄫3 ♭5 𝄫7) (VII).

When is the F Double harmonic scale used?

The Byzantine or Arabic sound: Middle-Eastern music and exotic metal, over a major chord with a ♭2.